News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Continuous rainfall over the past few days has submerged thousands of hectares of ripened and semi-ripened Boro paddy across 12 upazilas in Sunamganj, while a leak in an...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission (EC) is working intensively to complete all of their preparations regarding the next parliamentary elections by December this year, no matter when it is actually scheduled to be held. EC Sen...
Bangla Press Desk: ‘Jatiyatabadi Writers’ Forum’ on Sunday laid a siege to Bangla Academy on Sunday morning to press home their five-point demand, including the withdrawal of the poetry collection titled ‘July Ganoubhyutthan Kobita (Poems...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has appointed an administrator to oversee the operations of the Bangladesh Fertilizer Association (BFA), according to an office order issued last Thursday. Mustafizur Rahman, a Joint Secretary at the Mi...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has placed an order to purchase 25 aircraft from American aviation company Boeing, Commerce Secretary Mahbubur Rahman announced on Sunday. He made the statements while speaking to journalis...
Bangla Press Desk: A community-based health development project titled Hygiene Education Reaches Out (HERO) has been launched to promote sustainable hand hygiene and basic health awareness among primary school students and their families i...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission has transferred 71 of its officials in a major reshuffle ahead of the 13th Parliamentary Election. The EC on Sunday issued a gazette notification signed by Assistant Secretary of Election Co...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Sunday placed four leaders and activists of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement (ADSM) on a seven-day remand in connection with an alleged extortion incident at the Gulshan residence of former Awam...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday renewed his call for Malaysia to support Bangladesh's bid to become a member of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). The chief adviser made the call when N...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday expressed deep gratitude to foreign medical teams for their swift and dedicated treatment of victims injured in the recent plane crash at Milestone School and College. A...
Bangla Press Desk: A court here on Monday showed former minister and senior Awami League leader Amir Hossain Amu and party publicity and publication secretary Abdus Subhan Golap arrested in two separate murder cases linked to the 2024 July...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday proposed that Saudi Arabia could consider establishing its production sector in Bangladesh by utilising Bangladesh's geostrategic location, cheap labour and the country's re...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir visited veteran political thinker and writer Badruddin Umar at United Hospital in Dhaka on Monday. During the visit, Fakhrul inquired about Umar’s health condition from...
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